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One-piece battery incorporating a circulating fluid type heat exchanger

  • US 6,296,968 B1
  • Filed: 06/08/1999
  • Issued: 10/02/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A one-piece battery comprising a tank divided into cells each receiving an electrode assembly, closure means for said tank and a circulating fluid heat exchanger facing relatively larger faces of said assembly, wherein said fluid flows in a compartment defined by two flanges, said compartment has a fluid inlet orifice communicating with a common inlet manifold and a fluid outlet orifice communicating with a common outlet manifold, said tank comprises at least two units, each unit comprises at least one of said cells delimited by at least one wall facing a relatively larger face of said assembly that constitutes one of said flanges, each unit further comprises a portion of said inlet manifold and said outlet manifold, and said units are fastened together so that said flanges when placed face-to-face form a sealed circulation compartment and said portions of the same manifold are aligned with each other.

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